Design Indaba 2014 - Film Fest - Finding Fela

Following its debut at the past Sundance Film Festival, the screening at the Design Indaba FilmFest, is the African premiere of Finding Fela a truly African story.

The film directed by Alex Gibney explores the life and music of this Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician and composer, Fela Kuti. Kuti is regarded as the pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre who used his music as a weapon, as a confrontational platform to expose issues of human rights and social justice.

The film follows the cast of the three-time Tony Award-winner, Broadway musical FELA! as they take the production to Kuti’s motherland of Nigeria, combined with interviews and archival footage of Kuti.

Here's a short insert on the film's debut at Sundance Film Festival 2014 alongside interviews with director Alex Gibney and executive producer Stephen Hendel.